Eleanor Barrow

1831 - 1900 Ellen 'Eleanor' Monk
Ellen was born 15 May 1931 in Great Stanmore
Ellen emigrated at the age of 10
Ellen first married in 1846 (aged 15) to Charles BARROW (1818-1855)

• Charles arrived in 1840 on the 'Aurora'

their known children: (born Porirua)
1.1 1845 - 1926 Louisa Barrow
Louisa married Charles WILLIAMS (1845-1926) in 1867
• Louisa died aged 81 in Wellington & buried Bolton St
1.2 1849 - 1920 Charles Barrow
Charles married Catherine Kydd PROCTOR (1847-1939) in 1880
their known children

• 1880 - 1945 Charles Alexander Barrow
• 1882 - 1977 James Douglas Barrow (died 3 months after brother Graham)
• 1883 - 1977 Graham Barrow
• 1884 - 1966 Walter Harold Barrow
• 1886 - 1971 Angus Barrow

• Charles died of Influenza in Te Puke aged 71
• Catherine died in Te Puke 19 years later aged 92
1.3 1852 - 1930 Harriet Emma Barrow
Harriett married William NICOLL (1848-1915) 30 Sep 1876 in Wellington
their known children

• 1877 - ? Mazie Ann Nicoll
• 1879 - 1959 Willie Brunton Nicoll
• 1880 - 1923 Charles Monk Nicoll
• 1883 - 1964 Wilson Herbert Nicoll
• 1889 - 1966 David Alexander Nicoll
• 1891 - 1956 Stuart Allan Graham Nicoll
• 1893 - 1976 Wilhelmina Eleanor Drysdale Nicoll

• Harriett died in Blenheim aged 78

CHARLES BARROW died 17 May 1855 aged 37

ELLEN next married on 4 Sep 1856 (aged 25) to George Percival Douglas PERRY (1831-1867)
their known children: (born Porirua)
1.4 1862 - 1950 Mary Alice Perry
Mary married Henry William LONDON (1858-1939) on 27 Dec 1882 in Johnsonville & had 4 children

• Henry was a son of Ellen's sister Sophia (child ... 6 below)

On 11 June 1864 Eleanor charged George Perry with assault in Wellington Court. They later separated. George was drowned in June 1867 when his small boat, the 'Mary Alice' (after his daughter) was wrecked on the West Coast. He and two others, left Porirua on 13 June for Otaki. However, they were blown past Otaki by a strong south-easter. On 6 July, during a trip from Wellington to Wanganui, the steamer 'Rangatira' passed the wreck floating bottom upwards.

ELLEN next married 29 July 1867 (aged 36) to Thomas BOWLER (1822-1894) in Wellington
their known children: (born Johnsonville)
1.5 1867 - 1935 Thomas Alfred Bowler
- Thomas married Jane Elizabeth Robinson (1875-1963) in 1895
1.6 1868 - 1869 John Herbert Bowler
- John died aged 3 months
1.7 1871 - 1961 Herbert William Bowler
- Herbert married Isabella/Isabel Maud Julius (1872-1934) in 1895
their known children:

• 1897 - Dorothy Christina Bowler
• 1899 - Margaret Eleanor Bowler
• 1901 - Edith Coralie Bowler
• 1904 - Herbert Thomas Bowler

• ELLEN BOWLER died 31 May 1900 in Johnsonville aged 69
NZ Times, 5 June 1900
Still another old identity has passed away in the person of Mrs Thomas Bowler, of Johnsonville, who arrived in the colony in the ship Birman as far back as 1842. She resided at Johnsonville for over fifty years and was recognised as the 'mother' of that township.
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